Not Quite Spring Mantel and Hearth Room

I want to be transitioning to "all things Spring", but I'm finding it difficult when the temp outside is 5 degrees and there's 8 inches of snow. It's too cold to go into the garage and search thru the spring flower tubs, so I'm making do and sharing what I'm living with this last couple of weeks in February. 

I'm sure that later this month when the weather hits 50 I'll be more inclined to put some spring bits together. I love to play with moss and early spring faux flowers with a vignette, but I'm just not quite there this week. 

I do have my vintage sheep and shepherd European print on canvas out

that really speaks to me of late winter/early spring.

The earthy colors lend itself to thoughts of chilly weather

but with the beginnings of green coming forth.

The wicker wrapped antique demijohns, burlap evergreen topiaries, 

mercury glass votives, and antlers are still here as a base from Christmas. 

I'd had this print in my stash for years but it was an odd size and I wanted to mod podge it onto a canvas. I was after a realistic look with the texture of brush strokes, but didn't have a canvas that fit. So I used what I had on hand and painted around the edges of the canvas to make it work. There's a glare on it now from the lighting, but in normal lighting you can't tell that it's been tweaked. You can read that post DIY HERE.

I have the canvas elevated on a stack of moss behind this old wooden box. We had found this little wooden trunk-like box (at a flea market) and it was years before we found it's original use. This post is from 2014 and came about quite by accident.

Mystery Solved

The Hearth Room seems a little bare as usual, after Christmas.

(that's a wooden cheese crate there in the corner)

I have my toile and floral pillows out with the usual 

ticking stripe down filled bed pillows.

My next version of the mantel will 

replace the evergreen topiaries with boxwood ones.

The antlers and demijohns may go back 

to their original places on the downstairs mantel.

Antlers don't look very spring-y to me.

Buh-bye till next Fall!

Here was last year's early spring mantel

I'll be sharing the rest of the Hearth Room this weekend.

Stay warm friends, we're looking forward to the weekend

when we're supposed to have a warm-up.

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Friday with Friends at My Hubbard Home

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